Ethics and Social Responsibility

Ethics and social responsibility are at the forefront of the Anheuser Busch brand and company. As a global leader in the beverage industry, Anheuser Busch has always been committed to social responsibility and ethical business practices. Anheuser Busch focuses on three major points of differences:

• Alcohol Responsibility
• Environment
• Community

In addition, Anheuser Busch also publishes a citizenship report.

Alcohol Responsibility

Since 1982, Anheuser Busch and its wholesalers have committed more than $980 million in responsibility programs to prevent underage drinking and drunk driving.

One of Anheuser Busch's most recent campaigns that launched this May is the Budweiser Designate A Driver blimp. This is the first ever social responsibility blimp to be seen in the United States and will serve as a mobile billboard to remind legal drinking age adults to be or use a designated driver. The blimp’s flight plan includes 25 stops, many of which coincide with major festivals, outdoor celebrations and sporting events in tour cities.


Environment
Anheuser Busch is committed to conserving water in their breweries and have reduced water usage by 40 percent in the past 5 years, that's more than 7.5 billion gallons of water.

• 40% water use reduction since 2007
• 1 in 6 beers brewed with renewable fuels
• 99.6% recycling rate in our breweries

Community
Since 1997, Anheuser-Busch and the Anheuser-Busch Foundation have contributed more than $515 million to charitable organizations, including those that support education, the environment, economic development, disaster relief, and military personnel.

Anheuser-Busch has donated more than 72 million cans of drinking water to people affected by natural and other disasters since 1988.

   

Citizenship Report

Anheuser Busch has invested $1.4 billion in Corporate Social Responsibility programs since 1982 to support alcohol responsibility, the environment and local communities.